A comparative analysis of the morphology and evolution of permanent sperm depletion in spiders

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2011, Pages

  Michalik, Peter ^a,b   Rittschof, Clare C ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GREIFSWALD   (Germany)

^b DIVISION OF INVERTEBRATE ZOOLOGY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVOLUTION; FERTILIZATION; FOOD INTAKE; MALE GENITAL SYSTEM; MATING SYSTEM; MONOGAMY; NONHUMAN; PERMANENT SPERM DEPLETION; PHYLOGENY; REPRODUCTION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SPERM; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPIDER; STARVATION; TESTIS FUNCTION; TESTIS SIZE; AGING; ANIMAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HISTOLOGY; MALE; ORGAN SIZE; PHYSIOLOGY; SPERMATOZOON; TESTIS;

ARANEAE; NEPHILA CLAVIPES; NEPHILA INAURATA;

AGING; ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; MALE; ORGAN SIZE; REPRODUCTION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOZOA; SPIDERS; TESTIS;

EID: 79251581564     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0016014     Document Type: Article

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